Pitts wrote:Anybody see this from last night? Fan reaches through glass and grabs Malkin:[img]

that's another fun thing to think about. everything about the islanders organization is absolutely repulsive. their fans are the biggest pieces of **** on the planet, their organization tells their players to flat out assault people, matt martin's face...it goes on. and we're handing all these people their best moment in 20 years. yaaaaaay, pride!!

Well, that was a nasty bit of work. The only positive I can take from it is that going forward the Pens should have the potential advantage of being the more desperate team...at least I hope they are feeling desperate, very desperate, and play accordingly. I agree with some of the other posters that getting angry isn’t the answer. We’ve all seen where that leads and it isn’t the destination that anyone wants.

The Islanders are in total kamikaze mode right now and we are not making them pay.

Imagine Duke playing a #16 seed in the first round of the tourney. This team comes out to play 40 minutes of full court press. Perhaps they get a couple of quick turnovers and scores. Coach K calls a time out and tells his infinately more skilled team "hey, they are doing X so we should start doing Y". Post correction, the #16 seed has to change because the superior team has adjusted and is making them pay for their aggressiveness.

Mind you this recognition and adjustment happens within a 5 minute stretch of a single elimination tournament game.

Imagine this same coach not making the adjustment after five minutes, or a half, or a game, our a series of games, or a similar series of games the following season.

topshelf66 wrote:The Islanders are in total kamikaze mode right now and we are not making them pay.

Imagine Duke playing a #16 seed in the first round of the tourney. This team comes out to play 40 minutes of full court press. Perhaps they get a couple of quick turnovers and scores. Coach K calls a time out and tells his infinately more skilled team "hey, they are doing X so we should start doing Y". Post correction, the #16 seed has to change because the superior team has adjusted and is making them pay for their aggressiveness.

Mind you this recognition and adjustment happens within a 5 minute stretch of a single elimination tournament game.

Imagine this same coach not making the adjustment after five minutes, or a half, or a game, our a series of games, or a similar series of games the following season.

Fire0nice228 wrote:Its kinda hard to imagine the Pens getting out of this round.

"We felt they had a lot of guys on their team, especially the older guys, that can’t skate with us."

Frans Nielson

If we don't see Vokoun, and dont see 9-87-12, 14-71-18, then DB is officially garbage and they should take his Cup ring and give it to FHCMT.

I, personally, would also be tempted to reunite the Morrow-Jokinen-Bennett line. That line showed immediate chemistry during the regular season, but I would also hate to diminish Cooke's role. Phantom penalties aside, he's been one of the team's best, most consistent performers this series, and the only one who has displayed constant playoff intensity.